#8d84aa

Color #8d84aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 15.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8d84aa

RGB

rgb(141, 132, 170)

HSL

hsl(254.2, 18.3%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.2, 22.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(57.14, 11.34, -18.86)

LCH

lch(57.14, 22.01, 301.02)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0571, 295.62)

HWB

hwb(254.2, 51.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1aa84

Analogous

#848eaa

#8d84aa

#a084aa

Triadic

#8d84aa

#aa8d84

#84aa8d

Split-complementary

#8d84aa

#aaa084

#8eaa84

Tetradic

#8d84aa

#aa84a1

#a1aa84

#84aa8d

Square

#8d84aa

#aa848e

#a1aa84

#84aaa0

Shades

Color #8d84aa mixed toward black.

#726795

#5b5277

#443e59

#2d293c

#17151e

Tints

Color #8d84aa mixed toward white.

#a098b8

#b3adc6

#c6c1d4

#d9d6e3

#eceaf1

Tones

Color #8d84aa mixed toward gray.

#8f87a7

#908aa4

#928da0

#94919d

#95949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989a2 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#8a8aa0 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#8d9b99 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d84aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d84aa]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#8d84aa (#8d84aa) is rgb(141, 132, 170) in RGB.

No, #8d84aa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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